Posted on 08/31/2007 9:58:09 AM PDT by Grig
Toronto police have shut down part of two key highways in the city to transport several improvised explosive devices found in a vehicle.
Police say the three bombs are linked to the arrest of a 37-year-old man taken into custody Thursday night. The man is the subject of an ongoing investigation into letter bombs mailed to two residences in Toronto and one in Guelph.
Police have not said how many bombs were found in the car.
The bombs were discovered in the trunk of a silver sedan car at an Esso gas station near Overlea Boulevard near Thorncliffe Park Drive, Deputy Police Chief Tony Warr confirmed at a news conference Friday morning.
CTV Toronto helicopter footage showed a convoy of bomb squad, police, fire and ambulance vehicles heading south on the Don Valley Parkway to the Leslie Spit, where the bomb squad will examine the explosives and possibly detonate them.
Southbound lanes of the DVP were closed while northbound lanes appeared to still be open. The Gardiner Expressway, which meets the DVP, was closed in both directions.
Warr said bridges over DVP, which runs from the Gardiner Expressway north to Highway 401, would also be closed.
He said police believe the three letter bomb incidents and the explosives found in the vehicle, are linked.
The motive behind the letter bombs appears to be personal between the suspect and the recipients, Warr said.
Police have identified the man arrested on Thursday night as Adel Arnaout.
Arnaoult has been charged with:
* Three counts of attempted murder;
* Three counts of intending to cause explosion;
* One count of possessing explosives for unlawful purposes.
Toronto police recently asked the public to closely scrutinize any suspicious packages they received in the mail after two letter bombs were received by city residents.
On Aug. 19, a real estate lawyer living in the city's Sheppard Avenue and Yonge Street area received an envelope that smelled of petroleum. The lawyer alerted police and the package was detonated safely.
About a week earlier, a resident of the city's east end, near Victoria Park Avenue and Lawrence Avenue East, received a bubble-wrapped envelope that also contained a petroleum-like liquid. A male resident was injured when he tried to open the package and it exploded in his hands.
Both packages were 21.6 cm by 27.9 cm and each had properly addressed courier receipts attached. They were also both rigged to explode when opened. The courier company has said it did not send the packages.
A third package was mailed to a residence of Guelph.
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What's a "landed immigrant"?
A "landed immigrant" is a legal alien resident of Canada.
Thank you! From where, I wonder.
Basically, you can buy your way into Canada if you have enough money to 'invest'. Many folks from Honk Kong moved to Vancouver after the Red Chinese takeover of the former British colony.
Looks like Lebanon.
A landed immigrant from Lebannon.
Sounds like another Methodist.
Canada, you might want to raise your rates...
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***Police have identified the man arrested on Thursday night as Adel Arnaout.***
Amish again
I did some looking, and it appears that I need to modify my original answer. Landed Immigrant is apparently the equivalent of a US green card holder.
I was thinking of this subclassification, which may not apply to the man in question:
“To be eligible to apply for Permanent Residence in Canada in the Investor Category, you must demonstrate business experience and a minimum net worth of 800,000 CAD (equivalent approximately to 500 000 US dollars or Euro 520 000 or £ 315 000.) Once your Application for Immigration to Canada is approved, you must make a 5 year investment of 400,000 CAD which is repayable, without interest, 30 days after the end of the 5 year period.”
http://www.accurateimmigration.com/canada/immigration_to_canada.html#Business
This albino Aleutian Mennonite situation should be dealt with.
Interesting! Thanks for the info! :)
>>”There is absolutely no pattern as far as any religion, ideology or nationality,” Warr said.<<
It’s just a car full of bombs for NO REASON WHATSOEVER.
That’s ok. When Bush and his friends push through the North American Union, we’ll just give all the formerly illegals in the former US a bus ticket to the former Canada, and everyone should live happily ever after.
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